Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

As someone who spent a career in the title insurance industry – both as a builder of a title business and leader of the industry’s trade group, — I am proud of the role we play in helping to protect what most Americans consider the biggest purchase of their lives. Real estate is a $3 trillion industry in the United States.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Over the course of our 40+ years at RealTrends Consulting we’ve brokered and/or advised on over 900 transactions in the residential real estate industry. From a data lens, transactions can be broken out into three different stages: Valuation , Due Diligence , and Contract. Clean data vs. dirty data So what data should be clean?

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Are you looking to get licensed as a real estate agent in Arizona? We’ve reviewed all the key information to determine the best Arizona real estate schools to help you get licensed quickly and efficiently with a state-approved, online program at an Arizona real estate school. out of 5 stars Rating: 4.5

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Housing Wire

MARCH 22, 2024

“I think one of the major trends we are seeing is that our overall inventory is up 60% year over year compared to 2023,” said PJ Smith, president of the Naples Area Board of Realtors and the broker-owner of Naples Golf to Gulf Real Estate. “We homeowners insurance policy was roughly $1,700 in 2023.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The more rates fall the more we want to own real estate. Rates dropped to ultra-low levels, so we wanted to own every bit of real estate possible. There are fewer immediate sales that go directly into contract. As people lose their jobs, they scramble, they get unemployment insurance, and they look for new work.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 14, 2022

As the principal broker for a RE/MAX franchise in coastal Cannon Beach, Oregon, Alaina Giguiere’s typical responsibilities include marketing homes for sellers, touring homes with buyers, generating new business leads, managing client relationships, and drafting and reviewing contracts with buyers and sellers.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 14, 2025

Some homes are attracting bidding wars like its 2020 again, while others are sitting on the market for weeks with no action, said Desiree Bourgeois, a Redfin Premier Real Estate Agent in Detroit. And in Florida, unsold inventory is piling up amid skyrocketing insurance costs and HOA fees, along with intensifying natural disasters.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Despite having long ago settled the commission lawsuits , legal challenges continue to mount for real estate industry giant Anywhere. The Campolis allege that the Bulls failed to deposit $100,000 in earnest money as agreed to in the contract, instead forging documentation falsely showing that the money had been deposited.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Real estate transactions are rarely stress-free. This holds true for many of the most challenging situations in real estate. Address other important items, including relevant contact information for support professionals, such as legal counsel, insurance providers and emergency services.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Florida is experiencing a slowdown as the state faces rising home insurance costs, HOA fees, and increasing risks from natural disasters. Some real estate agents are advising buyers to monitor homes they missed out on, as deals are falling through at a higher rate. Other cities with high cancellation rates include: Orlando, Fla.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 29, 2021

One of our big goals at Blueprint Title is to shrink the title insurance business from an $18 billion business to a $10 billion business,” Berneman, the company co-founder and CEO. “We share of the market controlled by small, independent title insurance companies. of the market, should be too concerned about the rise of the little guy.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 20, 2025

While the adoption of a standardized ROV policy was one that real estate appraisers understood and was generally good for appraisers and consumers, the issues associated with appraisal appeals will continue to evolve without the FHA policy, said Bill Garber, director of communications for the Appraisal Institute.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

31, 2023, and has since reshaped the business practices for real estate brokerages and agents across the country. What does a real estate reporter do to mark the one-year anniversary of the Sitzer/Burnett jury verdict ? Funny you should ask.

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Appraisal Buzz

MARCH 25, 2025

Realtor.com reports that real estate losses from the wildfires that scorched Southern California in January could amount to more than $30 billion, affecting properties from condos to multimillion-dollar mansions and everything in between. million, up 32% year-over-year. What Regional Markets Are Gaining Momentum?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

HousingWire Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler sat down with Jimmy Kelly, president and CEO of Lone Wolf Technologies , to discuss the company’s development process and his vision for a connected real estate platform. Sarah Wheeler : Let’s talk about the evolution of real estate tech from individual products to connected platforms.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 21, 2025

.’ In a presentation for investors , Rocket outlined how its acquisition of Redfin will help the company create a more seamless and affordable way for consumers to transact real estate, showing how it will take consumers from the home search phase all the way through title and closing.

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Housing Wire

JULY 20, 2023

Real estate teams of all sizes continue to perform, according the Streamlined Quarterly Team Benchmarking Report, which looked at the financial performance of more than 200 teams across the nation. real estate teams and individual agents as clients for their accounting and bookkeeping services.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 21, 2022

billion in title insurance premium volume during the first quarter of 2022, compared to $5.68 The title insurance industry had a record year in 2021 , generating $26.2 The title insurance industry had a record year in 2021 , generating $26.2 with 21.5%; Old Republic National Title Insurance Co., Doma Title Insurance Co.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 7, 2020

This article was written for FinLedger, HW Media’s new fintech-focused news brand designed specifically for financial services professionals in banking, insurance and real estate. Ubitquity , developer of a blockchain-secured platform for real estate and title recordkeeping, has announced a new partnership with Rainier Title.

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Appraisal Buzz

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The typical home that did go under contract in November did so in 43 days, the slowest November pace since 2019. Theres a lot of inventory, but it doesnt feel like enough, said Meme Loggins, a Redfin Premier Real Estate Agent in Portland, Oregon. a year earlier. A lot of listings on the market are either stale or uninhabitable.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In the next five-to-10 years, Doma CEO Max Simkoff wants to make it possible for a homebuyer to sign a contract on their new home on a Friday evening and move in on a Monday morning. As title insurers our business practices and our regulatory oversight are different in every single state,” Stone said. “So

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Appraisal Buzz

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Before entering into a contract in August, the average U.S. The surge in newly constructed homes in Florida throughout the last few years to accommodate the demand of those relocating there during the pandemic is one factor contributing to the state’s slower real estate market.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

With home sales still at historically low levels and uncertainty over the commission lawsuits , real estate brokerage executives prize good leads more than ever. Anthony Djon, CEO of Anthony Djon Luxury Real Estate , said his company gets 90% of its leads from listing portals Zillow and Realtor.com.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In the 2010s, interest rates were very low for basically the whole decade and that encouraged Americans to buy and hoard real estate. In Florida and Texas, we see the rising costs of insurance , taxes and climate risk driving some sellers. This is the median price of the homes going under contract each week.

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Miller Samuel

MARCH 19, 2019

In the original 2014 proposal by the Fiscal Policy Institute, the first item in the proposal is off to a bad start as they describe what happened in the market: These owners bid up the price of NYC residential real estate, and since they don’t spend much time in these units, contribute little to the local economy compared to full-time residents.

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Housing Wire

JULY 26, 2024

The majority of real estate sales fall under this category and usually employ a buyer’s and seller’s agent who negotiate on behalf of their respective parties. However, an agent can help suggest a fair market value, draw up contracts, review documents, and ensure state-required protocols are followed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2022

Phishing remains the go-to attack for hackers targeting the mortgage and real estate industries. “They make this look so real that it’s difficult for a consumer to identify that it’s a fake.” “Believe it or not, a lot of real estate agents are still using AOL emails,” Townsend said.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The CLP forms a contract between a title insurance underwriter and a lender, in which the underwriter agrees to indemnify the lender for actual losses caused by certain types of misconduct by the closing agent, while the Title Commitment is a promise from your title company to issue the title insurance policy after the closing is completed.

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Appraisal Buzz

JULY 24, 2024

Nearly two-thirds (64.7%) of homes on the market in June had been listed for at least 30 days without going under contract, according to a new report from Redfin, a technology-powered real estate brokerage. This marks an increase from 59.6% metros and declined in just five, with the decreases being minor.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The agency updated and clarified property insurance requirements at the direction of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to align with Freddie Mac policy, which says that “policies that limit, depreciate, reduce or otherwise settle losses at anything other than a replacement cost basis are […] not acceptable.”

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Digital notary startup Notarize is now offering free notarizations in an effort to eliminate racial covenants in title insurance documents. However, the decision did not alter the informal structures of segregation, and real estate brokers, agents, and property owners continued to discriminate based on race.

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Housing Wire

JULY 25, 2024

Cooper Group has struck a deal to acquire a third-party origination (TPO) platform and $356 billion in mortgage servicing rights (MSRs), advances and subservicing contracts from Flagstar Bank , owned by New York Community Bancorp (NYCB). FDIC ) in March 2023, has faced a confidence crisis related to its commercial real estate portfolio.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

In August 2022, Polly announced that it extended its API portfolio to better accommodate lenders amid a contracting mortgage environment. Polly’s API integration with CoreLogic is part of the fintech’s long-term strategy to provide innovation for lenders.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 20, 2023

In this business practice, real estate brokerage firms offer homeowners a small upfront payment in exchange for the exclusive right to list and sell the property in the future. These complex contracts make selling, refinancing or transferring real estate difficult for homeowners.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

That’s according to a Zillow report released Thursday in which the Seattle -based real estate company said that “lower mortgage rates and rising inventory are giving home buyers a window of opportunity at an unusual time of year.“ Zillow noted that the U.S. Zillow noted that the U.S. in August to $1,827. 29 to Oct.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2024

That means currently just over 700,000 single-family homes are unsold, with about 10% of those going into contract each week, and another 75,000 new listings. According to John Burns Real Estate Consulting – Austin, Texas, in 2024 actually has net outbound migration — perhaps for the first time in 15 years.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 7, 2022

February 10 may go down as a momentous day in real estate history. In the past year, NFTs pole vaulted from mostly commodifying art and digital assets to an array of spheres including – very preliminarily – real estate. It also gives real estate agents ideas. How a real estate NFT works today….

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